Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-07-28
Correspondence Of the Beaconl
SAMOHT SAYS HIS SAY.
BALTIMORE, July IS, 1887


The legislative primaries ON Wednesday
last passed Offquietlyand resulted in anover-
whelming victory for the regular democra-
cy. The opposition succeeded in carrying
four wards Six were conceded 10 that side
before the election. The Republican or
gans the next day charged the regulars
with having used repeaters.
Boshi
They didn't have time u vote the legiti-
mate voters. When the polls closed in each
contested ward there was a long line in
procession which was smut out. There was
neither desire nor intention 10 resort To any
species OF fraud, and if there had been
more than one polling place in each ward
il is safe 10 say that the opposition would
not have carried the Eighth and Thirteenth
The regulars claim that they had enough
men iii line when the polls closed Ia have
changed the result Of these two wards.
Then again the So-callcd refOrmers charge
the Rasin men or regulars with having car
ricd the election with money. If thcy put
ont any money except for legitimate ex
penscs it was mighty little. On the other
hand, the regulars declare that il took
$4,000 Ia elect George Cotton in the Thr
tcCnth. Ii this IL. true, il strikes me that
the reform which is compelled Ia resort Ia
lllt pun lltA1f VI f'ltS tl Asail
didatc- is not the kind the people are anx
ious Ia see in the majority.
II j. generally supposed that the Il votes
Of the regular wards will he cast Tor Hodges
for Governor on the first ballot and then be
thrown over In jackson.
Mayor Hodges became very indignant at
the Ninth ward polls on account of Ser
gcant Schimp's refusal to allow him pri-
: vilcgc not accorded to other citizens. When
/ the Mayor went Ia vote, Il gentleman in
. front of the line offered him his place.
/ Sergeant Schimp. acting under the Mar
>ltalT> instructions not Ia allow any such
innovation. refused 10 permit the Mayor 10
! step in the place rendered him. Instead of
| commenting the officer for the faithful dis
! charge Of his duty. his Honor got angry.
, He told the reporters about If, got inter
! view, in the papers and charged the Ser
Irant with having insultcd the city. lie
also laid charges against the officer before
4 tn Police Commissioners.
Ii would have been much more digniicd
Tor the MAYOR Ia have taken his position at
! the end ii the line and awaited his time,
He went there Ia vote simply a> James
Hedges and not ~ Baltimore city, and was
not entitled more privileges than any other
4 citilcn lie showed lack of judgment in
expecting such. And further, 10y condemn
iuL an afiicer fnI for not violating the or
der II his chiri he proved himself to be I'M
| iii for an executive officer.
/ We had several severe storms and Hoods
! last week and the damage caused by them
, probably reached over 100000.
The tobacco market is fairly active and
/ prices arr better McSSrS ChriSpin & Daw-
kins told me saturday that they sold IL
hnLshcads of -. Mary's crop last week ut
an average of 81 cents
McssrS J. Walter Carpenter, lib Ca
wood. Walter W. Raley, George c. Roach,
VIM. +. SaXton, Jerome Hayden and w.
G. Wclch of your county were in the city
last week. SAMoTH.